Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, and age

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, and age
[Numbers in thousands]
Employment status, race, sex, and age	Not seasonally adjusted			Seasonally adjusted(1)
Employment status, race, sex, and age	Apr. 2012	Mar. 2013	Apr. 2013	Apr. 2012	Dec. 2012	Jan. 2013	Feb. 2013	Mar. 2013	Apr. 2013
WHITE
Civilian noninstitutional population	192,893	193,946	194,041	192,893	193,849	193,776	193,859	193,946	194,041
Civilian labor force	122,997	122,809	123,048	123,585	123,774	123,971	123,626	123,382	123,504
Participation rate	63.8	63.3	63.4	64.1	63.9	64.0	63.8	63.6	63.6
Employed	114,313	114,354	115,231	114,438	115,289	115,266	115,250	115,080	115,266
Employment-population ratio	59.3	59.0	59.4	59.3	59.5	59.5	59.5	59.3	59.4
Unemployed	8,684	8,454	7,817	9,147	8,485	8,705	8,376	8,302	8,238
Unemployment rate	7.1	6.9	6.4	7.4	6.9	7.0	6.8	6.7	6.7
Not in labor force	69,896	71,138	70,993	69,308	70,076	69,805	70,233	70,565	70,537
Men, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force	64,212	64,253	64,441	64,451	64,646	64,924	64,720	64,549	64,674
Participation rate	73.3	72.8	73.0	73.6	73.3	73.7	73.4	73.1	73.2
Employed	59,975	59,974	60,450	60,054	60,609	60,652	60,659	60,594	60,540
Employment-population ratio	68.5	68.0	68.5	68.6	68.7	68.8	68.8	68.7	68.6
Unemployed	4,237	4,280	3,992	4,396	4,037	4,272	4,061	3,955	4,135
Unemployment rate	6.6	6.7	6.2	6.8	6.2	6.6	6.3	6.1	6.4
Women, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force	54,421	54,291	54,300	54,470	54,452	54,318	54,224	54,255	54,221
Participation rate	58.8	58.3	58.3	58.8	58.5	58.4	58.2	58.2	58.2
Employed	50,919	51,077	51,374	50,777	51,015	50,869	50,946	50,940	51,123
Employment-population ratio	55.0	54.8	55.1	54.8	54.8	54.7	54.7	54.7	54.8
Unemployed	3,502	3,214	2,926	3,693	3,437	3,450	3,278	3,315	3,098
Unemployment rate	6.4	5.9	5.4	6.8	6.3	6.4	6.0	6.1	5.7
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian labor force	4,365	4,264	4,307	4,665	4,676	4,729	4,682	4,578	4,608
Participation rate	34.4	34.0	34.4	36.8	37.2	37.7	37.3	36.5	36.8
Employed	3,419	3,304	3,408	3,607	3,665	3,746	3,645	3,546	3,603
Employment-population ratio	26.9	26.4	27.2	28.4	29.1	29.8	29.1	28.3	28.8
Unemployed	946	960	899	1,057	1,011	983	1,037	1,032	1,005
Unemployment rate	21.7	22.5	20.9	22.7	21.6	20.8	22.1	22.5	21.8

BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN
Civilian noninstitutional population	29,824	30,255	30,290	29,824	30,093	30,190	30,223	30,255	30,290
Civilian labor force	18,227	18,461	18,532	18,298	18,403	18,641	18,639	18,524	18,617
Participation rate	61.1	61.0	61.2	61.4	61.2	61.7	61.7	61.2	61.5
Employed	15,940	16,090	16,240	15,910	15,827	16,073	16,059	16,068	16,167
Employment-population ratio	53.4	53.2	53.6	53.3	52.6	53.2	53.1	53.1	53.4
Unemployed	2,286	2,371	2,292	2,388	2,577	2,568	2,580	2,456	2,450
Unemployment rate	12.5	12.8	12.4	13.1	14.0	13.8	13.8	13.3	13.2
Not in labor force	11,597	11,794	11,758	11,526	11,690	11,549	11,583	11,731	11,673
Men, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force	8,133	8,447	8,326	8,166	8,298	8,382	8,437	8,447	8,377
Participation rate	67.0	68.1	67.0	67.3	67.4	67.8	68.2	68.1	67.4
Employed	7,018	7,322	7,287	7,049	7,134	7,262	7,352	7,370	7,319
Employment-population ratio	57.8	59.1	58.7	58.1	58.0	58.8	59.4	59.4	58.9
Unemployed	1,114	1,125	1,039	1,118	1,164	1,120	1,085	1,077	1,058
Unemployment rate	13.7	13.3	12.5	13.7	14.0	13.4	12.9	12.7	12.6
Women, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force	9,459	9,344	9,543	9,454	9,454	9,545	9,491	9,365	9,529
Participation rate	62.9	61.2	62.4	62.9	62.2	62.7	62.2	61.3	62.3
Employed	8,503	8,305	8,531	8,440	8,305	8,367	8,302	8,226	8,425
Employment-population ratio	56.6	54.4	55.8	56.2	54.7	54.9	54.4	53.9	55.1
Unemployed	956	1,039	1,012	1,013	1,149	1,178	1,189	1,139	1,105
Unemployment rate	10.1	11.1	10.6	10.7	12.2	12.3	12.5	12.2	11.6
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian labor force	635	670	663	679	651	714	711	713	711
Participation rate	23.9	25.9	25.7	25.5	25.1	27.5	27.4	27.6	27.5
Employed	419	463	422	421	387	444	404	472	423
Employment-population ratio	15.7	17.9	16.3	15.8	14.9	17.1	15.6	18.2	16.4
Unemployed	216	207	241	257	264	270	307	241	287
Unemployment rate	34.1	30.9	36.4	37.9	40.5	37.8	43.1	33.8	40.5

ASIAN
Civilian noninstitutional population	12,774	13,223	13,244	-	-	-	-	-	-
Civilian labor force	7,965	8,524	8,456	-	-	-	-	-	-
Participation rate	62.4	64.5	63.9	-	-	-	-	-	-
Employed	7,553	8,101	8,025	-	-	-	-	-	-
Employment-population ratio	59.1	61.3	60.6	-	-	-	-	-	-
Unemployed	412	423	431	-	-	-	-	-	-
Unemployment rate	5.2	5.0	5.1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Not in labor force	4,809	4,699	4,788	-	-	-	-	-	-
Footnotes (1) The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns.
- Data not available. NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups will not sum to totals shown in table A-1 because data are not presented for all races. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

Last Modified Date: May 03, 2013

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Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, and age

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